MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
distance learning are enabling
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning institutions
have to deal with
today because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can students
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
handle issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational subjects.
This inspiring new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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